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The Green Party is not allowed in the debates. Even though a vast majority of American want them there. The Green Party doesn't have any exposure. They're marginalized, disenfranchised, and ostracized. They get arrested for showing up at the debate. They also don't get federal funding. I voted for the Greens this year. In part because I was hoping the enthusiasm from Bernie's campaign would push the Greens over the 5% Federal funding threshold. Unfortunately, that did not happen for them. I also subscribe to the idea that if the Greens want to be taken seriously they need to win local elections, mayorships, and build from the ground up.
My belief is that if Democrats want to win elections, specifically the midterms the Democrats need to exorcise corporatism from themselves. Their base, specifically the millenial generation is an informational generation. They can make a meme from opensecrets.org exposing Corey Booker's skeletons in the closet in 2 minutes, and poof! It's off traveling to the far reaching corners of the country. The millenials are just now becoming the age of maturity where you start to care about politics. They have kids now, mortgages, some have massive amounts of student debt. Some have really, really, really, bad jobs. And they're supposed to go along with neoliberals that have delivered us depression era income inequality. The millenial generation is the first generation on par to do worse than their parents. What swung the election for Obama? Millenials and African Americans.. why didn't they come out for Clinton? Obama never delivered on hope and change, and Clinton didn't have a message other than I'm not that other guy.
In my view, the ONLY thing a Democrat needs is a message of income inequality compounded by campaign finance reform. Single-payer, debt free college, criminal justice reform, transforming our energy system, cut defense and end war, these are all important, to an overall progressive platform. But, from what I observed in this past election, what wins election is economic security. Trump won this election by telling the rust belt he'd give them their jobs back, when he can't because he can't fight the free market and automation. Democrats are in a position to capitalize on Trump's bombast, lack of experience, and lack of intelligence. But, they must run progressives, who at a base level support overturning citizen's united, breaking up the banks, raising the minimum wage, Bernie's economic package. This may be noticeable change, which people are reluctant to embrace, but it is necessary if our middle class and democracy are to survive the onslaught from some of the greediest capitalists the world has ever known.
You miss the point completely as like far too many you focus on the Presidency and not the Congress. You want the country that is predominantly center right to mover far to the left. The left cannot win Congressional elections so how are you going to win a national one? Your movement begins at the bottom not the top and the left has failed miserably in that regard.
Such disdain for capitalism leading to the question of why? How has capitalism hurt you and your family? You have freedom to be the best you can be due to capitalism. Please tell me how any rich person or those greedy capitalists prevented you from joining them? You seem to want equal outcome instead of equal opportunity